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BPO group warns corporate tax reform will lead to slower industry growth

Jacque Manabat, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 10 08:36 PM

The group said the measure will hike their tax expenses by up to 170 percent in 2 to 3 years, cause their service rates to increase and erode their ability to compete globally. Read more »

Gov't intensifying crackdown on cigarette smuggling: finance official

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Updated as of Jun 05 12:56 PM

MANILA - The government is strengthening its efforts against the smuggling of cigarettes as the both houses of Congress pass the bill increasing the excise tax rates for tobacco. Read more »

Investors to get 'superior incentives' with TRABAHO Bill, says Lambino

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Updated as of Jun 05 10:55 AM

MANILA - The second package in the Duterte administration's comprehensive tax reform program aims to give superior set of incentives to push investments in the country. Read more »

Sin tax reform part of gov't's 'fiscal responsibility' for stable investment funding: DOF

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Posted at May 28 09:44 PM

The sin tax reform, which seeks to raise excise taxes for alcoholic beverages and tobacco, will help cover the funding gap for the Universal Healthcare law that will be fully implemented by 2020, Finance assistant secretary Tony Lambino told DZMM radio. Read more »

China-funded Kaliwa Dam cheaper, more reliable: finance official

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Updated as of Mar 21 11:10 AM

The 60-meter dam is cheaper to build at an adjusted P12.2 billion total cost compared to the P21 billion 7-meter weir project proposed by the Japanese firm Global Utility Development Corporation (GUDC), Finance Assistant Secretary Tony Lambino told ANC. Read more »

China can't take PH assets under loan deals: finance official

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Updated as of Mar 08 01:14 PM

Finance Assistant Secretary Tony Lambino public assets such as roads, bridges and other infrastructure could not be used “as any sort of payment” in case of failure to comply with the borrowing terms. Read more »

Pagkain, kapakanan ng magsasaka: mga pangamba sa rice tariffication

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Updated as of Feb 19 08:23 PM

Maaaring mas paboran ng rice tariffication law, o batas na mag-aalis ng limitasyon sa inaangkat na bigas, ang mga negosyante kaysa ang mga magsasaka, ayon sa isang dating kalihim ng gobyerno.  Read more »

PH to become 'upper middle income' this year - Finance official

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Posted at Jan 13 12:11 PM

An official of the Department of Finance again said on Sunday that the Philippines is set to become an upper middle income country this year amid strong growth. Read more »

Finance dept backs Pacquiao bill on tobacco tax hike

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Updated as of Jan 09 10:40 AM

Revenue from Senator Manny Pacquiao's bill will help fill in the P40 billion funding gap for universal healthcare. Read more »

PIPOL: How Smokey Mountain changed Tony Lambino years after leaving the group

Miguel Dumaual, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 10 02:53 AM

Welling up and his voice shaking as he talks about his crusade to help end poverty, Tony Lambino says he remains unwavering in the mission that started forming, of all places, in showbiz during his teenage years. Read more »

Dagdag sa Pantawid Pasada ng mga tsuper, posibleng tapyasan

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Updated as of Sep 16 12:03 PM

Nagbabadyang matapyasan ang matatanggap na tulong ng mga tsuper at operator ng jeep mula sa gobyerno sa susunod na taon sa oras na suspendehin ang dagdag sa excise tax o buwis sa langis. Read more »

Still singing 'Paraiso,' ex-Smokey Mountain star settles into gov't role

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Posted at Oct 09 09:43 AM

The song, one of the signature hits of the 90s quartet, was written from the perspective of someone who found dignity after having lived in a garbage dump.   Read more »

PH to be a 'high-middle-income' country by 2019: DOF exec

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Posted at Oct 09 09:43 AM

The Philippines would be an upper-middle income country by next year if it stays on its course, an official of the Department of Finance said Tuesday. Read more »

'Taas-presyo sa Pilipinas, kagagawan natin'

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Posted at Sep 10 10:44 PM

Para sa isang senador, hindi dapat isinisisi ang problema sa pagtaas ng mga presyo ng bilihin sa mga nangyayari sa labas ng bansa dahil ito ay "self-inflicted" o bunsod ng mga pangyayari sa loob ng Pilipinas. Read more »

P200 cash aid meant to offset tax reform impact, officials say

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 27 04:02 PM

Tax reform caused a 0.4-point uptick in consumer prices, below the projected 0.7 point. Read more »

Pamimigay ng ayuda vs TRAIN umarangkada; ilang nabigyan 'nakulangan'

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Posted at Jun 15 09:11 PM

May 700 senior citizens mula San Fernando, Pampanga ang buwenamanong nakatanggap ng sobre mula DSWD na may P2,400 cash, o lumalabas na P200 kada buwan sa isang taon.   Read more »

DSWD starts giving out P2,400 to poor senior citizens affected by TRAIN law

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 15 04:51 PM

Some 700 senior citizens of San Fernando, Pampanga received P2,400 cash assistance under the Unconditional Cash Transfer program of the government to cushion the adverse effects of the tax reform law. Read more »

TRAIN suspension anti-poor, says think-tank

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Posted at Jun 08 06:34 PM

Suspending the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law will result in shortage of resources to fund social services for the poor, an economic analyst said Friday. Read more »

Selling tax reform a big challenge for gov't, says DOF's Lambino

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Posted at Jun 08 04:28 PM

It's a challenge educating the public about tax reforms and inflation, an official said, following the misconceptions received by the government while trying to explain the impact of rising prices of goods in a household.   Read more »